20/08/2026
Friday, Aug 21 at 6.30 PM
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When was the last time you played a game that didn’t need a screen?
No Wi-Fi. No app. No battery. No tutorial. Just a few stones, seeds, shells, a board, and people.
And yet, many of those games quietly taught strategy, patience, mathematics, negotiation, concentration, collaboration… and perhaps even how to lose gracefully.
This Friday, at our , we explore a surprisingly contemporary question: RELEVANCE OF TRADITIONAL GAMES IN THE 21st CENTURY
Our guest is Ms. Vinita Sidhartha, Founder & CEO of Kreeda, who has spent more than two decades researching, reviving and reimagining India's traditional games.
Her journey began when she watched her grandmother teach traditional games to her children, creating an unlikely 80-year bridge between generations.
What began as a family experience became Kreeda in 2002. Today, her work extends from schools and mathematics workshops to corporate programmes, management training and the documentation of ancient game boards carved into temple floors.
And there is an interesting backdrop to this conversation. Children today spend an average of 2.6 hours a day on screens, according to a 2025 study published in Indian Pediatrics. Outdoor activity averaged just 1.1 hours on weekdays. Meanwhile, ASER 2024 found that among adolescents aged 14–16 who could use smartphones, 76% had used them for social media, compared with 57% for education.
Perhaps the question is not whether traditional games can compete with technology. We should ask what they gave us that technology cannot.
Join us for what promises to be a rather different WiseViews conversation.
August 21, 2026 | 6:30 PM IST | Zoom
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Come curious. You may never look at a game the same way again.
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